Workers at Seattle’s Broadway and Denny Starbucks location unanimously voted to unionize Tuesday, making the store the first unionized location in the company’s hometown, a symbolically important win for Starbucks Workers United, the organization helping locations unionize across the country. The Capitol Hill store is the first company-owned location in Seattle and the seventh in the country to unionize.
Out of 13 eligible voters in a National Labor Relations Board vote held Tuesday, nine voted in favor of unionization, while three did not turn in signed ballots. One was challenged by Starbucks’ corporate counsel. The nine votes were enough to achieve the simple majority needed for the workers
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